Did you just say Yaesu wants people to license (and pay for that license) to get access to their radio APIs?
And you say you were told this by a Yaesu representative? I find that hard to believe. I only know of one model of one radio that was bricked by third-party software (original FT-817, not FT-817nd), and it was because the third-party software did something it never should have done, and wore out a component that had a limited write cycle. You are certainly free to make all future purchasing decisions based on a 25 year-old problem in one radio, but that seems sorta like a weak argument against Yaesu. Then again, Kenwood shipped some radios where the exhaust fans were installed backward, so you'll probably never buy a Kenwood radio because of that. (They also shipped a bunch of radios with defective filters as I recall) And you can't go with Icom, a number of examples of one of their current radios shipped and some heat sinks on certain ICs inside the radio weren't installed correctly... Personally, I'd cut Yaesu some slack - those very same radios that shipped with the write-limited device are still popular, still in operation after 25 years. I think that's a testament to good design & engineering, but opinions vary. Ken, N2VIP > On Oct 6, 2024, at 08:46, Henry Mensch via Users > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I had a similar chat with yaesu about this. if their stuff is so fragile > then I'll buy gear that's less fragile elsewhere. they want people to license > their API (at an extra cost) and they seem to. forget that they're serving > the amateur radio market which is supposed to provide opportunities to tinker > with stuff. > > - Henry N6HCM > > Oct 1, 2024 19:14:37 Stiv Ostenberg via Users <[email protected]>: > >> I dunno. I talked to the rep from Yaesu who warned me that Chirp could >> permanently brick my radio. He did not appreciate my feedback that if a >> user program could permanently disable a device, that struck ME as a pretty >> clear design flaw. Most devices are designed to protect core OS functions. > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/postorius/lists/users.lists.chirpmyradio.com > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] > To report this email as off-topic, please email > [email protected] > List archives: > https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/ _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/postorius/lists/users.lists.chirpmyradio.com To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] To report this email as off-topic, please email [email protected] List archives: https://lists.chirpmyradio.com/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/
